Collective Definition
kə-lĕktĭv
collectives
adjective
Formed by collecting; gathered into a whole.
Webster's New World
Of, as, or characteristic of a group; of or by all or many of the individuals in a group acting together.
The collective effort of the students.
Webster's New World
Designating or of any enterprise in which people work together as a group, esp. under a system of collectivism.
A collective farm.
Webster's New World
Designating a noun which is singular in form but denotes a collection of individuals (e.g., army, orchestra, crowd): it is treated as singular when the collection is thought of as a whole and as plural when the individual members are thought of as acting separately.
Webster's New World
Designating a prefix which denotes a collecting or a collection.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
collectives
An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.
American Heritage
Any collective enterprise; specif., a collective farm.
Webster's New World
The people working in such an enterprise.
Webster's New World
A collective noun.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- communistic project
- collective unit
- cooperative
Other Word Forms of Collective
Noun
Singular:
collective
Plural:
collectivesOrigin of Collective
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From Middle French collectif, from Latin collectivus, from collectus, past participle of colligere (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”). Compare French collectif.
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